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From poverty to billionaires in one generation

“The Lius are Chinaâ€™s first-generation billionaires, born into a world of Mao suits, food rations, price controls and Communist slogans. And the story of how they made their fortune is considered one of the guiding myths of Chinaâ€™s Communist party, a symbol of this countryâ€™s transformation over the last 30 years, since its unlikely embrace of capitalism. But their story also betrays the contradictions of modern China â€” a country where the average factory worker makes less than $50 a week.”